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Ghana launches bid for UNESCO’s Executive Board membership

Ghana has officially launched its bid to be elected on to the Executive Board of the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

The bid was announced by the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh at the ongoing 40th General Conference of UNESCO in Paris, France.

UNESCO’s Executive Board is one of its three constitutional organs and is elected by the General Conference. Acting under the authority of the General Conference, the Board examines the programme of work for the organisation and corresponding budget estimates submitted to it by the Director-General.

It consists of 58 member states with a four-year term of office. Ghana has come to the end of its first four-year term, having previously been appointed to the board in 2015.

Addressing the global body, the Minister said the bid would require the support of member states to materialise and appealed to delegates to support Ghana in its quest to be elected onto the board.

He explained that government over the last three years had embarked on series of activities aimed at promoting the cultural heritage of the country which was in line with the goals of the organisation.

 Dr Prempeh was very particular about the necessary steps being taking to consolidate the gains of the ‘Year of Return 2019’ project announced earlier by President Akufo-Addo and which enjoyed support from UNESCO.

In addition to this, he also reiterated Ghana’s proposal to upgrade the Institute of Education Planning and Administration (IEPA) of the University of Cape Coast to a Category II status.

 Dr Prempeh said thus far government had set out to contribute $3.4m annually to ensure that both the proposed IEPA Centre and the AIMS Ghana Category II Centre became operational.

FROM TIMES REPORTER, PARIS-FRANCE

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